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#14077 of 16738 Empty Neighborhoods Fill Rust Belt (cont.) by lemko May 04, 2009 (12:38 pm)
"I think the direction the city is going in isn't helping the low-income and middle people. It's pushing them out," said the Rev. Leroy Owens, who heads a Christian outreach ministry that also owns rental property, some of it boarded up. "The lower-income people need a place to live, too. They're getting discouraged."   Leeper said there are plans to offer more affordable housing and more rental units, in phased development meant to make sure there aren't pockets of empty housing left in the made-over neighborhood.   "When you don't have an area populated," he said, "it doesn't have a heart."
#14078 of 16738 Re: srs & gagrice [marsha7] by gagrice May 04, 2009 (1:02 pm)
Replying to: marsha7 (May 04, 2009 10:30 am) Union folks in the Arctic also have fun. It is not all hard cold work. What is really fun is getting your van out when an Easterly wind has you somewhat blocked. Notice we also used 2WD much of the time. No 4X4s the first 15 years I worked up in the Arctic. You would think a decent Union would make that a work rule.     We did not get out of camp this day.     PS Those were all 1 ton Chevy Vans we drove the first several years. Then we switched to Ford as the GM vehicles from the late 1990s would not hold up in Cold weather. Replies to this message: rockylee (May 05, 2009 11:16 am)
#14079 of 16738 Re: let's get back to the UAW please [motorcity6] by PMO May 04, 2009 (1:07 pm)
Replying to: motorcity6 (May 04, 2009 9:48 am) Did you ever make the Mona lisa building on 12 mile ? some of the cars in the Tec.centre looked like this new Smart Car. Great place to work . The best thing about this place is the amount of people that can't talk Car business or have any idea how the cars were built, nice to see some one here that has an Idea.
#14082 of 16738 Re: PMO [PMO] by kipk May 04, 2009 (2:16 pm)
Replying to: PMO (May 04, 2009 12:36 pm) What is it that I am supposed to be patting myself on the back about?   Machines break when idiots operate and sabotage them. They thought they were getting to the man (GM, Ford, Chrysler management). Too dumb to realize they were poisoning the goose.   I DON"T CARE that GM will eventually close all plants in Canada. I would much rather buy cars built here by American workers; Even though the Head Quarters may be Foreign. For me, that is better than buying one that was built by workers outside the USA.   Hopefully the B3 will be able to rid themselves of the UAW/CAW anchors and be able to emerge as a profitable company, with workers that actually care about their product. Workers that understand they are only "Entitled" to an honest days pay for an honest days work. That's all!   As far as Canada shipping oil to the USA goes, Why don't you see if you can get a movement started to "shut off the tap", as you have suggested. Then just maybe we would begin to tap American resources and put a bunch of Americans to work. Then we could stop importing oil and cars from a Canada that hates us. (according to you)   You say GM would never have existed without Canada. Well since y'all invented GM, how is that working out for ya? Good luck with your new car company.   Kip Replies to this message: chetj (May 04, 2009 7:04 pm) kipk (May 05, 2009 1:44 am) chetj (May 05, 2009 8:35 pm)

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